With less than two months left before Major League Baseball's postseason, writers from around the Tribune Co. wonder which teams will represent the American League and National League in the World Series. Readers are encouraged to take part in the discussion b

Just before Maicer Izturis hit a run-scoring double in the second inning of the Angels' 6-0 victory over the New York Yankees on Saturday night, the Angels third baseman fouled a pitch off the throwing hand of Yankees catcher Russell ...

A.J. Burnett -- with his $82.5 million contract and 5.15 ERA -- holds the New York Yankees' postseason in his hands as their starting pitcher in Game 4 of the American League division series against the Detroit Tigers.

Ethan Moreau's third-period goal lifted the Kings to a 5-4 preseason win over the Hamburg Freezers on Tuesday at Hamburg, Germany. Justin Williams got the Kings going when he scored in the first minute. Serge Aubin tied it for Hamburg, ...

Corey Perry scored two goals in the first period and provided the assist on Ryan Getzlaf's overtime winner as the Ducks beat Finnish league leader Jokerit, 4-3, in their final preseason warmup Tuesday at Helsinki. Ducks Coach Randy Carlyle was ...

CC Sabathia had a rough outing in the New York Yankees' 5-4 loss to the Detroit Tigers in Game 3 of their American League division series. Or did he? Manager Joe Girardi disagrees with that assessment, despite the fact that ...

Jorge Posada teared up during the postgame press conference after Thursday's Game 5 loss to the Detroit Tigers in the ALDS. It may have been his last game with the Yankees. Posada, 40, is a pending free agent. He received ...

When the Yankees were eliminated Thursday, Bud Selig may have lost his chance at achieving ratings gold, a dismal prospect considering that last year's World Series between the Texas Rangers and the San Francisco Giants tied the record for the lowest marks in

Writers from around the Tribune Co. discuss who would be the best replacement for former St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa, who retired three days after the team clinched the World Series champinoship.

Listening to New York Yankees Manager Joe Girardi's pregame press conference this afternoon reminded me of many of Angels Manager Mike Scioscia's press conferences before a playoff series against the Boston Red Sox, with the questions centering on one team's..

The New York Yankees will have plenty of firepower on the bench today. Manager Joe Girardi, whose team clinched a playoff berth Tuesday night, gave third baseman Alex Rodriguez (27 home runs), catcher Jorge Posada (22 home runs), right fielder ...

The Yankees will be favored in the American League Championship Series. They have the most money, they have the biggest payroll and biggest names, they have the East Coast bias and they have every network television executive worth his latest ...

The Boston Red Sox???s plan for controlling the Angels running game was to keep the Angels off the bases. That didn???t work so well ??? in their three-game sweep of Boston, the Angels had an on-base percentage of .348 and ...

The Yankees rolled to the best record in baseball during the regular season and have yet to lose in the playoffs, which has earned them comparisons to the 1998 Yankee juggernaut, which won 114 games during the summer then rolled ...

It was bad news if you were a fan looking forward to Game 6 tonight. But when the official announcement of a rainout was made in New York, it was good news for the Angels. Now Mike Scioscia will have ...

Hideki Matsui received a rousing standing ovation in Yankee Stadium onTuesday when the Angels designated hitter, who earned World Series most valuable player honors with the Yankees last fall, was presented with a World Series ring in a ceremony before ...

Torii Hunter would not go so far as to say that Mark Teixeira's bone-crushing slide (above) that sent Angels catcher Bobby Wilson to a hospital Friday night was dirty. But there was something about the play that just didn't sit ...